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MARILYN MANSON, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Confirmed For Greece's ROCKWAVE Festival

The lineup has been announced for the 2005 edition of Rockwave Festival, set to take place in two separate installments — June 24-26 and July 8-9 — at the Terra Vibe venue in Athens, Greece. Confirmed bands so far are as follows: Friday, June 24: MARILYN MANSON + more acts TBA Saturday, June 25: BLA...
March 28, 2005
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Finnish Authorities Complete Preliminary Investigation Into 1960 Lake Bodom Murders

According to Newsroom.Finland.fi, Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has finished the preliminary investigation into the killing of three teenagers in a camping site next to Lake Bodom in Espoo almost 45 years ago, a crime which gave CHILDREN OF BODOM the inspiration for their name. As...
March 27, 2005
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School Killer's Favorite Bands Included KORN, MANSON And RAMMSTEIN

The Smoking Gun is reporting that the Minnesota teenager responsible for Monday's (March 21) high-school shooting spree created a violent, blood-soaked video last year that included an animated character shooting four people and blowing up a police car before committing suicide. Using the alias "Reg...
March 23, 2005
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NOCTURNE To Release 'Guide To Extinction' In April

The industrial band NOCTURNE will release "Guide to Extinction" on April 19 through Triple X Records. It's the third full-length album and fourth album overall from NOCTURNE. The band's two core members are vocalist/founder Lacey Conner — a striking woman with an otherworldly voice — and guitarist/p...
March 22, 2005
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APOCALYPTICA And GAMMA RAY Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

APOCALYPTICA, GAMMA RAY, AMORAL, STAM1NA, VIIKATE and CALLISTO are the latest bands to be confirmed for the eighth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to be held July 15-17 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. The 2005 festival will once again present more than 30 bands from different styl...
March 22, 2005
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Heavy Metal Fan Was Responsible For Worst School Shooting In U.S. Since Columbine

The 17-year-old student who shot his way through his family and a tribal school in northwest Minnesota Monday (March 21),leaving 10 people dead, including himself, was described by a fellow student as a quiet boy who was into goth culture, listened to heavy metal music, wore "a big old black trench...
March 22, 2005
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PARADISE LOST Explain Delay In U.K. Release of New Album

The U.K.'s PARADISE LOST have issued a statement on their official web site explaining why their new album, "Paradise Lost", has yet to receive a release in the band's home country: "To try and explain to everyone who wants to know why the new album hasn't been released in the UK yet, please read th...
March 22, 2005
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LIFE OF AGONY: New Album Delayed

LIFE OF AGONY's new album, "Broken Valley" (view cover here),has had its release date pushed back to June 14 from the previously announced May 31. The delay is being attributed to "production issues," according to the group's management. As previously reported, LIFE OF AGONY's new single, "Love to...
March 19, 2005
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BRIAN JOHNSON's BIG MACHINE Getting Bigger

Rod Harmon of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune has issued the following report: Long ago, in a beachfront home not very far away ... Brian Johnson, vocalist for AC/DC and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, wrote some songs with Doug Kaye, who's performed just about every task imaginable in the industry. "Brian...
March 18, 2005
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HAVOCHATE: New York Dates Announced

New York-based metal band HAVOCHATE, now featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, have lined up the following dates during the coming weeks: Mar. 18 - Nanuet, NY - Tower Records (free show) Mar. 19 - Nyack, NY - Olives Apr. 23 - Rockville Center, NY - Purple Haze HAVOCHATE have just releas...
March 17, 2005
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TESTAMENT: 'Reunion' Tour Dates Announced

TESTAMENT lead vocalist Chuck Billy and founding guitarist Eric Peterson will be joined by original guitar player Alex Skolnick and original bassist Greg Christian (HAVOCHATE) for a 10-date European run in May. Handling the drums on the upcoming trek will be either previous TESTAMENT drummer Johnny...
March 17, 2005
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BLACK SABBATH's IOMMI is Metal Hammer's No. 1 Metal Guitarist

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has topped the poll of "Riff Lords" — best metal guitarists — in Metal Hammer magazine's March 2005 issue. The magazine praises Tony's "highly distinctive style of fretsmanship that's economical yet crushingly effective." And it anticipates the comments from reader...
March 17, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN To Skip Last Seven OZZFEST Tour Dates

According to an online posting by IRON MAIDEN's webmaster, MAIDEN will play their final Ozzfest 2005 show on August 20 at the Hyundai Pavilion (at Glen Helen),just outside Los Angeles, California. The band will not take part in the last seven shows of the tour. Ozzfest 2005 featuring IRON MAIDEN: J...
March 16, 2005
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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'If We Do Another Record I'd Rather Have The Original Lineup'

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently spoke to RockConfidential.com about the new DRAGONLORD CD and TESTAMENT's upcoming reunion tour with guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: RockConfidential.com: There's ju...
March 16, 2005
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OZZFEST 2005: Complete Details Revealed

It's big. It's bad. And it's back for more. Got a problem with that? Ozzfest — the king of festivals — triumphantly returns this summer to celebrate its hard-earned 10th anniversary with the staggering line-up of BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, ROB ZOMBIE, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL and BLACK LABEL...
March 15, 2005